Fan

ABSTRACT

A fan includes a main body and a clip. The main body includes a board defining a through hole. The clip includes a base wall and two end walls extending down from opposite ends of the base wall. A pair of claws extends from one of the end walls away from the other end wall. Each claw includes an engaging portion. The engaging portions is operable to be deformed toward each other to pass through the through hole, thereby sandwiching the board with the corresponding end wall.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a fan.

2. Description of Related Art

In many servers electrical cables are loosely arranged inside theenclosures of the servers in such a way as to obstruct airflow createdby fans in the servers. The cables may burn up if coming in contact withelectronic components generating a plurality of heat.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood withreference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings arenot necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed uponclearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments.Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and likereference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the severalviews.

FIG. 1 is an isometric, exploded view of an exemplary embodiment of afan, wherein the fan includes two clips.

FIG. 2 is an isometric, assembled view of FIG. 1, wherein cables aremanaged by the clips.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated byway of example and not by way of limitation. It should be noted thatreferences to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are notnecessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at leastone.

FIG. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a fan including a main body 10and two clips 20.

The main body 10 includes a board 11. Two through holes 12 arerespectively defined in two lower corners of the board 11.

Each clip 20 includes a base wall 21 and two end walls 22perpendicularly extending down from opposite ends of the base wall 21. Apair of spaced claws 23 extends from an outer side of one of the endwalls 22. Each claw 23 includes a semi-cylindrical protrusion 25perpendicularly extending from the end wall 22, and a tapered engagingportion 26 formed on a distal end of the protrusion 25 away from the endwall 22. The engaging portion 26 includes an engaging wall 262perpendicular and connected to the protrusion 25.

FIG. 2 shows that in assembly, the claws 23 are manipulated to alignwith the corresponding through holes 12. The claws 23 of each clip 20are deformed toward each other after the engaging portions 26 abutagainst a sidewall bounding the corresponding through hole 12. The claws23 are restored after the engaging portions 26 pass through thecorresponding through holes 12. The engaging walls 262 abut against aninner side of the board 11. The end walls 22 connected to the claws 23abut against an outer side of the board 11, to fasten the clips 20 tothe main body 10.

Cables 30 beside the fan can be bound by the base wall 21 and the endwalls 22, thereby the clips 20 can tidily maintain the cables 30.

It is believed that the present embodiments and their advantages will beunderstood from the foregoing description, and various changes may bemade thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of thedescription or sacrificing all of their material advantages, theexamples hereinbefore described merely being exemplary embodiments.

What is claimed is:
 1. A fan comprising: a main body comprising a boarddefining a through hole; and a clip comprising a base wall and two endwalls extending down from opposite ends of the base wall, a pair ofclaws extending from one of the end walls away from the other end wall,each claw comprising an engaging portion, the engaging portions operableto be deformed toward each other to pass through the through hole,thereby sandwiching the board with the corresponding end wall.
 2. Thefan of claim 1, wherein each claw further comprises a semi-cylindricalprotrusion perpendicularly extending from the corresponding end wall,each engaging portion is formed on a distal end of the correspondingprotrusion away from the end wall.
 3. The fan of claim 2, wherein theengaging portion is tapered.